Yeah, I've been hoping to find a used Foucus 1R - but it looks like nobody gets rid of theirs (and probably for good reason). I don't know whether to suck it up and get a new one now while they're a little cheaper or wait for the Series III

I'd be at least tempted to wait and see what the specs on the new ones are going to be before getting one of the old ones. I would hate to find out the new Focus was 1200 watts for like $150 more or some such nonsense.

Does anyone else see a rather blatant similarity of the artists rendering on their site to the current Walter Woods heads? I guess that's OK, but you would think from a marketing perspective they would want to keep their own rather unique look. I would also miss those top mounted controls, since I assume most of us use the heads with small, low to the ground cabs.

Does anyone else see a rather blatant similarity of the artists rendering on their site to the current Walter Woods heads? I guess that's OK, but you would think from a marketing perspective they would want to keep their own rather unique look. I would also miss those top mounted controls, since I assume most of us use the heads with small, low to the ground cabs.

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yeah, it looks like an all black walter woods head...i'm sure its not just a coincidence...

Um... that was the point... we were commenting on how they made the new head look like the current Walter Woods (at least in the drawing)... slanted front panel, two identical rows of knobs, the 'knob protector' panels extending from the side of the amp, etc.

I guess Walter has been successful with this design for many years, and they are in the same market (primarily DB players looking for a very small, flat sounding head), so what the heck!